The LivinnX student residence in the university city of Krakow in Poland proves that a student residence can also do this: modern design, resource-saving technologies and space for the community.
The path to a sweet student life is often a rough one. The college diploma is only the first hurdle. A place to live, affordable, centrally located, accessible by public transport, in a nice neighborhood, is another. Finding such a place in densely populated, high-priced metropolises is like running the gauntlet.
This is also the case in Krakow. In the last 20 years, the city in the south of Poland has developed into an Eastern European centre for new technologies and life sciences. With its eleven universities, the former royal city is a magnet for students not only from Poland. About 51 000 young people study here. Affordable housing is correspondingly rare.